Wire wheel



w. E. WILLMMS.

WIRE WHEEL.

APPLICATION mm MAY 5, 19m.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

IN VEN 770R.

RR LELLIAM ERAETUS WILLIAMS, F CHIJIAGO,

FILLINQIS-M WIIFEQE "WI 'EEL.

Specification of Letters Itsttent.

Patented Apia A'oolieeticn filed Elite 1917. Serial No. 166,577.

To all who) it may omm /n lle it knownthat l, lViLLmM ElhtS'ETUE-l ll umluls, o citizen of the United States. and a resident oi Chicago, in the county oi? (ooh and State of lllinois, have invented new and useful improvement in Wire heels. of whivh the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to that class of wheels known as demountshle W1lS gem erull' -J used for automobile purposes and also relates to the details of oonstructitm of wire 'u'heels as will he shm n and set forth herein.

The ohjevt of my invention is to increase "the security otthe fastening s ot' the de mountable features, improve the arrangeinent of the Wire spokes and to fi'irnish design that will lessen the costwashing' and keeping the Wheel Clean. The invention is set forth in the claims.

lileterenoe will he had to the accompanyliigul-e 1 is a front elevation of the Wheel.

C t e d or the huh.

at a front elevation of the structure p F1 3 is an enlarged cross section oi: the

is. 5 is it front View sni ller scale than than 1 and 2.

l 6 is a side View corresponding to of the hub cap on a and at and larger 7 is a vertical section of Fig 6.

8 is a detail of'the spring that hblds the looking ratchet in place.

Fig. 9 a plan. of a. covering strip or ring used to cover the ends oil the spokes at the 'ront of the hub. but on a. smaller scale than the other figures.

Fig. 10 the rear end of the axle huh. Fig. ll is the front end of the axle huh. Fig. 12 is a side view of the looking; ring.

13 is end View of the looking ring".

outside set 0t 5 By my construction 1.. et the some in clinstion and at the same time shorten the length of the huh and get on errmigenient oi the front set of spokes that is more open and free and more easily washed than the old style Wheels.

ln the drawings 1. indi ates the rim of the Wheel Whivh may be any ordinary rim oi the class used on wire wheels. 2 indicates the vehicle and 2:3 the hall or-roller loom ing at the inside and -l the hearing at the outer end of the axle. 5 indicates the ordinary hub in which the hearings are secured and Wllll'll normally stays on the axle and I roll it the axle or huh body.

llindicates' the hul sleeve or barrel of the hub of the demountahle port of the Wheel. and it may be termed the demountshle huh. This del'nountahle hub is frequently made of a stamping. ind'ootes the rear flange of the hub barrel 6 which is of the ordinary design relates to the test ing; of the spokes therein andv the letter are indicated by 8,

0n the outer end of the hay el 1'. press and secure by Welding or h socket wheel 9 provided with four sp ltes 1O integral with toe ring 11 which is the part that is welded or hr seed as n'lentioned to the hub barrel 6. An embossed rib 31 in the hub barrel 3 furnishes an allotment or shoulder to take the inward thrust of the ring ll. as part of ring 9. When castings are used for the huh hsrrel 6 ca; the spoke sovlret ring:

:Z integrally with the barrel. The front set of spokes 19.2 se'rurod into agroove or socket 13 in the outer edge of the ring 9, thus musing; thorn to terminate forth 1' out from the (-enter of the wheel than the (use with the present practice and at the same time obtain the some in" clinntion, for the spokes as obtained when the h uh is longer.

After the Wheel assembled I cover up the inner ends of the spokes 19 with cover ring This ring when free is normally open Wider than the mwity in the ring 9 in which. it sits indicated by .r 1

9 and it is adapted to he sprang into its place covering the'groove 1.25 and to stay in place by its own spring effect.

The outer end of the axle huh 5 is thr aided at 15 adapted to receive the female thread.

presses the hub barrel (3 hachva rd or inward pu ning the shoulder or inclined surface oi the hub barrel up against the inclined end 21 of huh 5, thus holding the deniountable wheel securely in. place on the axle huh.

The inclined end 21 ot the hub 5 is inutilated or notched as indicated by A ring 24: which is secured on the inside of the hub barrel 6 is provided with projections :23 which engage the notches 22 of hat 5 and thus lock the demountable huh {5 agai t rotation on the axle hub 5. The ring is pressed tightly to the hub barrel (3 and also secured therein hy spot welds or rivets as desired.

The ring 24: is cheaply made and it costs practi ally nothing to shape the huh barrel 6 to receive this ring.

The cap or nut, to orlred against accidental displacement by a locking holt or bar composed of a flat bar 25 mounted to slide in slots in' the walls of the cap as iiulirated in Figs. 5 to T. The bar :25 has an intuined portion or wedge shaped end which extends out through the hub cap at a point where the wrench is applied and it extends over and terminates in a point 27 which may he eas -1a termed a pawl. The bar with its point i is held in. engagement with notches or ratchet teeth 28 at the front end of the hub or in thi. ase is in the ring 11. A spring 30 enga 'es the bar and holds it with. its point 5 5': normally in engagement with the notches 28. I W hen the Wrench is applied either to put on or remove the cap 26 it pushes the bar 25 with its point 27 into a retracted position freeing the point from engagement with the notches and thus the lap readily applied or removed by means of :1V Wrench.

\Vhat I claim is:

l. The combination with a huh body of a hody-inclosing, sleeve having; its outer integral end portion increased in diameter and internally grooved to .t'orrn an annular recess open only upon the side toward the halos axis and adapted to receive spoke heads, and a reniovable annular member tilling the inner portion of the groove and concealing the groove and spoke heads therein without destroying the flanged appearance.

2, In a Wheel of the class described a grooved ring on the front endof the hub into which groove the ends of the front spokes terminate, a cover ring or plate adapted to he sprung into the groove of the ring and form a cover therefor.

Signed Uhi'cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this second day of May, 191%.?

Wlllhllllil HRASEUS W iijlllillll i il itnesses H. it .iiriznn'ron, ALBERT J. Sense-n. 

